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NEXT Harberton Folk Circular - ??day ?? March 2019
Part One below -
A full listing for the coming month
Part Two - Some newly notified (and updated) later events
Part Three - Other stuff
The full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings appear as always on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
***** Part One *****
***** Part Two - Some newly notified (and updated) later events *****
***** Part Three - Other Stuff *****
10-12-May 2019 - Dart Music Festival -
Dartmouth
Multi-genre free festival. See line-up announcements and sign up for regular
emails at
www.dartmusicfestival.co.uk.
Session news
[Following gleaned verbatim (more or less) from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
NEW
Exeter: The Port Royal, Weirfield Rd. EX2 4DR (01392 272360,
www.facebook.com/groups/173833436777 )
Fourth Sunday of the month, 4.30pm. Gypsy, klezmer, Mediterranean and European
music session.
Exeter: Timepiece Nightclub & Wine Bar, Little Castle St. EX4 3PX (01392
493096, www.facebook.com/groups/173833436777 )
Every Thursday, 9.30pm-ish to 12.30pm. Open mic.
Plymouth: Millbridge Inn, 23 Molesworth Rd. PL1 5LZ (01752 563056,
http://www.themillbridgeinn.com/ , www.facebook.com/groups/173833436777 )
Every Wednesday. 8pm to 11pm. Open mic.
Talaton (nr. Exeter): The Talaton Inn EX5 2RQ (01404 822214,
www.facebook.com/groups/173833436777 )
Last Tuesday of the month, 7.30pm. Folk session. “Open to all styles of folk
music and all musicians and singers of all abilities.”
Torquay: Boots & Laces, Marnham Rd. TQ1 3QW (01803 313377,
www.facebook.com/groups/173833436777 )
Last Sunday of the month, 7.30pm to 10.30pm. Open mic.
RIP
Kingsbridge: The Creeks End Inn, Squares Quay TQ7 1HZ (01548 853434) -
First Wednesday of the month, 8pm-ish. Open mic session. Discontinued.
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Harberton Folk Circular - Monday 11 March 2019
Part One below -
A full listing for the coming month
Part Two - Important Admin note re email
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formatting used this time)
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Monday 18 March 2019 8.30pm - Eliza Acty - Bread and Roses, 62 Ebrington
Street, Plymouth PL4 9AF
With her unique vocal style, singer and musician Eliza performs a wide range of
folk, blues, American old-time and contemporary songs that spans over a century
of music.
www.elizaacty.com.
Monday 18 March 2019 - Story Blaze - Bridge Inn, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0QQ (map)
Local storytellers give us their best traditional
tales around the fire. Hosted by Katy Cawkwell and featuring Hilary Ackland,
Robin Eastoe, Anne Gwynn, Olly Hurd-Thomas, Elaine Mendoza, Tricia St Clair and
more. £3 door. Contact:
katycawkwell@gmail.com.
NEW
Tuesday 19 March 2019 8pm - Dom Prag - Bradninch
Folk Club, Castle Hotel, Bradninch, nr Cullompton EX5 4NN
Dom Prag is an artist who is definitely making a mark with his voice and
personality making a strong and immediate connection with the audience. He comes
from a folk music performing family so he is well immersed in the genre but his
original composition and arrangements from poetry form a key part of his
performance. Support: Verity Greenaway, guitarist with a beautiful voice and a
songwriter; and Roseanna Ball. Entry £6, accompanied U18 free. Doors 7.45pm. For
more information call 01392 881105.
www.facebook.com/groups/Bradninchfolk/?fref=ts.
NEW Thursday 21 March 2019 8pm - Skylark - Ice
Factory, 10 Somerset Place, Teignmouth TQ14 8EN
Concert with Skylark - traditional and contemporary songs and tunes with fiddle,
flute, guitar and mandolin and poet Gill McEvoy. Part of the Teignmouth Poetry
Festival. To book:
www.pavillionsteignmouth.org.uk
or 01626 249049 or on the door. More info:
www.poetryteignmouth.com/festival-2019.html.
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tickets left
Friday 22 March 2019 - Jim Causley & Bill
Murray - The Cafe on the Green, Widecombe in the Moor
Traditional songs of Devon. Jim is more than simply a folk-singer, multi award
winning singer-songwriter, musician and proud Devonian, he is an all-round
entertainer and during the past decade has been nominated no less than six times
for a BBC Radio 2 Folk Award. Bill Murray has been singing songs from the
northern slopes of Dartmoor for over fifty years. Songs about country life, most
of them humorous, learnt from older generations of singers at get-togethers in
village halls, fairs and inns. Songs like Widecombe Fair, Tavystock Goozie Vayre,
The Bellringing and Down ‘pon Ole Dartmoor. £13.
www.widecombesailingclub.org.uk.
Friday 22 March 2018 8pm - Oliver Wheeldon - Parish Hall, Meavy PL20 6PJ
For the last decade Oliver has dedicated his talents towards shedding light
on rural lives of his native Devon. With Barney Kenny he formed the folk duo
Tamar and released two albums, "A Long Way From Home" and "A Letter From the
West". He is now pursuing a solo career and his debut album, "The Village",
will be released soon. This is a concept album based on Westcountry
villages. He will be performing songs from all three albums. Expect a
fantastic night of musical story-telling, emotive lyrics and passionate
performance from someone who cares so deeply about his home.
www.meavy.org.uk/events.htm
Friday 22 March 2019 -
Mae Karthauser Trio - Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Mae is a British songwriter with a rich, acrobatic voice and a distinctive
circusesque piano style. Raised in a musical family and one of seven children,
she began learning piano, violin and singing as a child, before going on to
study at Dartington College of Arts and California Institute of the Arts in LA.
Her training began classically, but quickly spread to music spanning Eastern
Europe, Bulgaria, Africa, North India and Java as well as in jazz, folk and more
popular modern styles. Support: brilliant Bert Miller! Presented by The
Whitehouse Sessions.
www.ashburtonarts.org.uk. More details
www.wegottickets.com/event/455339.
Friday 22 March 2019 9pm - Davey Dodds & Gozer Goodspeed
- B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
(map)
Over the years Davey's songs have been recorded by numerous bands including The
Unthanks who performed “Magpie” on their recent album. Now enjoying a very
successful resurgence as a solo prog-folk powerhouse, Davey writes evocative
songs full of passion and wit and plays the mandolin like a true master!
Goodspeed is a Plymouth-born blues-folk singer/songwriter who has been described
as ‘a wonderful storyteller and a riotous rabble-rouser’. His songs have been
recognised and embraced locally by the likes of BBC Introducing in Devon.
Goodspeed has built an impressive reputation across Devon and Cornwall for his
supremely entertaining, high-energy live shows. £3.
www.b-bar.co.uk. Tel. 01752
242021.
Friday 22 March 2019 8pm -
Gallery Bar Special: Jeffrey Palmer & Riko Higuma -
Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
Jeffrey Palmer (countertenor) and Riko Higuma (piano) present an assortment of
arias, art songs, folk music and solo works that provide their own unique
reflection on the idea of beauty. Free entry, informal atmosphere,
donations to the performers please.
Full details www.calstockarts.org.
Saturday 23 March 2019 8pm - Nick Harper: 58
Fordwych Road - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
A new show that centres around a small flat in Kilburn, London in the mid-1960s.
Then the abode of up-and-coming singer-songwriter Roy Harper and his wife, the
flat was an after hours hangout for the legends who played in Soho at the height
of the acoustic explosion in swingin’ 60s London. Bert Jansch, Davy Graham, John
Renbourn, Paul Simon, Marc Bolan, Sandy Denny and others dropped in to drop out,
jam and try new tunes. Also there was a toddler, inhaling the music and
absorbing the vibe – Roy’s young son. Nick later carved out his own musical
career and in this unique one-off show he plays tribute to the time, the place
and the music that became the centre of everything for him and the rest of his
‘family’. The first half will see Nick delve into the songs he heard direct from
the greats when growing up. In the second half Nick will trace the journey of
how these luminary figures’ music evolved and helped shape popular music beyond
the 60s. www.calstockarts.org.
Saturday 23 March 2019 - Urban Folk Quartet
- Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
The Urban Folk Quartet’s distinguishing features have much less to do with the
traditional idea of genre. Yes, this is fiddle-led music that draws heavily from
celtic dance forms and traditional song but from there on in it is unlike any
folk band you have ever heard. Just as English country dance unassumingly met
with big band jazz musicianship in the mid 20th century, The UFQ’s approach to
the folk ethos is to embrace any and every influence that genuinely makes sense
of their time and place and makes sense in their music. From funk grooves to
middle-eastern melodies, afrobeat to north Indian rhythms. UFQ comprises: Joe
Broughton (Albion Band, Bellowhead, Joss Stone) long established on the folk
scene as the fieriest English fiddler and showman of his generation; Galician
Paloma Trigás, who has shared stages and recorded with with the likes of The
Chieftains, Sharon Shannon, Altan, Carlos Nuñez; Dan Walsh. touted as one of the
finest banjo players in the country and a gifted singer and guitarist; Tom
Chapman, widely considered to be the most accomplished and innovative cajonero
the UK has to offer. Box Office 01392 667080. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/category/music.
Saturday 23 March 2019 8pm - Ceilidh with
Dartmoor Pixie Band - Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter
EX6 7UE
Callers: Sarah Bazeley & Jeremy Child. Entry £8, (U16 £4, U10 free). Teas,
coffees & biscuits provided (small donation requested), but no bar. BYO alcohol
if you wish. Exeter Ceilidhs is a season of ceilidhs / barn dances featuring
local bands and callers. See
www.exeterceilidhs.net
for full details. Contact: Jeremy on 07969 297633, email
contact@exeterceilidhs.net.
Saturday 23 March 2019
7.30pm - The Brass Funkeys - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
The Brass Funkeys draw from the traditions of New Orleans with skilled
musicianship, rolling from spirited second line revelry to soulful jazz funeral
marches and pumping brass driven funk. Reggae, DnB, gypsy, swing and Latin
influences are exposed in an eclectic live show revealing a band bursting at the
seams with ideas and infectious energy." Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
Saturday 23 March 2019 - d'Accord
Exeter - St Matthews Church Hall, Newtown, Exeter EX1 2LJ
details tbc Steve Turner and David Faulkner. No partner is needed for many of
the dances and beginners are always welcome. Doors 7.15pm. Dance tuition 7.30pm.
First band around 8pm. Admission £9 includes tea and biscuits. BYO drinks. Free
parking opposite.
Sunday 24 March 2019 - Nick Harper: 58
Fordwych Road - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Nick Harper is one the UK’s best kept musical secrets. Those who have witnessed
the spellbinding, one-man show will tell you this. A childhood growing up
surrounded by the musical prowess of some of the 60’s most revered songwriters &
musicians, not to mention being son of Roy Harper, along with 20 years of
crafting songs & touring the land has spawned a truly one-off, original
guitarist & songwriter who stands alone as a UK great, to be cherished and
revered. 58 Fordwych Road is an all new show that centres around a living room
in a small flat in Kilburn, London in the mid 1960s. Then the abode of
up-and-coming singer-songwriter Roy Harper & his wife Mocy. The flat was an
after hours hang-out for the legends who played at Les Cousins in Soho at the
height of the acoustic explosion in swingin’ sixties London. Box Office 01392
667080. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/category/music.
Sunday 24 March 2019 8pm - Crows - Globe
Hotel Malthouse, Fore Street, Topsham, Exeter EX3 0HR (map)
Mick Ryan, James Patterson, Dave Bordewey, and Paul Downes have reunited to
reform the hugely popular 1980s group Crows. Featuring two of the finest male
voices in the english folk tradition; Mick Ryan and James Patterson together
with masterly musicianship from James on guitar, Paul on guitar, mandocello,
mandolin and banjo and Dave on fiddle and mandola. £12(+) adv/£14 door, tickets
available online at
www.topshamfolkclub.org or at Sunday night folk evenings at the Globe,
Topsham. All enquiries 01392 875332.
Tuesday 26 March 2019 7.30pm - Exmouth
Shanty Men - Bridge Centre, St. Mary Magdalene Church, high street, Stoke Canon
EX5 4AR
Raising funds for the community to buy the local pub (50 yds from the
church, so have a drink before/after the gig), and keep the village alive.
Tea/coffee available in the church. Tickets £7 adult, £3 U16, from Alison
Bloomer by cheque+sae to Stoke Cannon Inn, High Street, Stoke Canon EX5 4AR;
also available on door from 7pm. Also a raffle.
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correction
Tuesday 26 March 2019
7.30pm - Megan Henwood & Findlay Napier - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
The Story Song Scientists. Distinguished English singer-songwriter Megan Henwood
is far too self-deprecating to describe herself as a force of nature, but her
third album 'River' reaffirms her unique ability to create roots music of
beguiling purity from what's around her. Findlay Napier, artful acoustic guitar
and remarkable voice, one of the finest songwriters and storytellers of the
contemporary Scottish folk scene is an insurgent talent that comes on like a
Caledonian Loudon Wainwright. Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
Thursday 28 March 2019 7.30pm - Feast of
Fiddles Silver Jubilee Tour
-
Exeter Corn Exchange, George St, Exeter EX1 1BU
(map)
The Feast of Fiddles band-waggon trundles merrily on in its Silver Jubilee year.
Born in Nettlebed on Valentine’s Day 1994 as a one off special concert, Feast of
Fiddles has done 25 spring tours, 24 festivals and has 7 CDs to its name. Not
bad for a bunch of old folk-rockers! This is a band of friends that puts on a
show of huge dynamic range performed with passion, joy and a liberal dose of
fun. Fiddlers Peter Knight (Gigspanner, Steeleye Span), Chris Leslie (Fairport
Convention), Brian McNeill (Battlefield Band), Ian Cutler (Bully Wee), Tom Leary
(Lindisfarne) and Garry Blakeley (Band of Two) add the large range of fiddle
playing styles to the rock back-line of guitars, keyboards, sax and accordion –
all held together by legendary drummer Dave Mattacks. A live music entertainment
like no other on the circuit which is guaranteed to be enjoyed by even the most
doubting of friends dragged along! Full details, bookings etc.
www.exetercornexchange.co.uk/whats-on.
NEW
Thursday 28 March
2019 8pm - Free Concert - Crabshell Inn, Embankment Road, Kingsbridge TQ7 1JZ
(map)
Paul Reid has just produced his first, long awaited CD “The Bonny Broom” with
Crabshell Records and we’re delighted he’ll be using this concert to launch it.
His songs all have great tunes and tell stories of hard work and love, all
beautifully delivered with haunting accompaniments from Paul and his friends.
Harpingmad is a beautiful blend of Celtic harp(s), Irish whistle, baroque
recorders, cello, mandolin and guitar, playing mostly traditional Celtic tunes
and songs, with the odd contemporary song or tune to boot! Their music is
melodic and soothing. Wherever they play, they are complimented on their
relaxing, beautiful and enchanting sound, but then surprising with jolly wake up
tunes. It is fitting that Silvington bring this series of concerts to its
finale. They have been so supportive of the local traditional music scene and
these concerts in particular. No need to book; but please be seated by 8pm. To
get a good seat get in early! We thank the Crabshell Inn for use of the room.
www.shamstrad.co.uk.
Friday 29 March 2019 - Nick
Wyke & Becki Driscoll - Oak Room Arts Centre, Tiverton
An acoustic concert with English folk duo Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll. This is
part of their 'Beautiful Spaces' tour in March 2019. Tickets £8 adv or £10 door.
The Oak Room will be running the bar and coffee shop for the evening. Full
details
www.wegottickets.com/event/460172.
Friday 29 March 2019 - Harbottle & Jonas - Tally Ho, Littlehemspton, Totnes
Their music is always accompanied with a great
story. Together the husband and wife duo combined the rich traditions of folk
music with original and contemporary interpretations through a mix of closely
intertwined vocal harmonies and compelling and authentic musical arrangements.
www.harbottleandjonas.com. 01803 862316,
www.tallyhoinn.co.uk.
Friday 29 March 2019 9pm - Eliza Acty
- B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
(map)
With her unique vocal style, Devon-based singer and musician Eliza
performs a wide range of folk, blues, American old-time, original and
contemporary songs that span over a century of music.
£3.
www.b-bar.co.uk. Tel. 01752
242021.
Friday 29 March 2019 - Charity Barn Dance -
Buckland Athletic Football Club, Kingskerswell Road, Newton Abbot TQ12 5JU
Donations to Mind. Open to all, children welcome. Tickets £10 (to include
ploughmans + pudding) available from Becky 07809 260544 or Liam 07597 365991.
Cash bar. Doors 7pm.
Saturday 30
March
2019 7.30pm -
Spring Céilidh with Spinach for Norman
-
South Brent Village Hall, Station Approach TQ10 9AQ (map)
Dance your cares away with Ben van Weede (fiddle), Joel Segal (fiddle), Howard
Harrison (guitar/flute), Martin Henning (bass) and caller Pam Hayes - all
welcome. Reel Ale bar and nibbles available. Tickets at £8 on the door or from
artworks (Station Rd, South Brent
www.artworksouthbrent.co.uk). FFI
contact Eileen on 01364 73699 or email
eileen.southbrentfolk@gmail.com
or visit
www.southbrentfolk.org.uk.One of a number of events organised throughout the
year by South Brent Folk to support folk music in the South Brent area,
including the annual South Brent Folk Day on Saturday 6 July 2019 and the Annual
‘Twixt’ Ceilidh on Friday 27 December 2019.
Saturday 30 March 2019 - Nick Wyke & Becki Driscoll: Concert / Workshop
-
St Lawrence Chapel, St Lawrence Lane, Ashburton TQ13 7DD (map)
An acoustic concert in the evening with English folk duo Nick Wyke & Becki
Driscoll, part of their 'Beautiful Spaces' tour. Tickets £8 adv, £10 door. Nick
and Becki will also be running an instrumental music workshop at Littlehempston
from 3-5pm. Learn a new tune created especially for the workshop. £5 adv, £6
door. Advance tickets from
www.wegottickets.com/englishfiddle.
Saturday 30 March 2019 8pm - Rebecca Loebe -
St James' Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Stoke Hill, Exeter EX4 7AH
(map)
With special guest, Greg Hancock. Catch this award-winning songwriter and
internationally recognized singer in concert with her full band this spring, as
she celebrates the release of her fifth studio album.
www.rebeccaloebe.com. “Your voice
should be available free on the national health.” – David ‘Fitz’ Fitzgerald, BBC
Radio Devon; “She wraps her rich, honeyed voice around a mix of nuanced
Americana and pop numbers.” – The Chicago Tribune. Tickets £10(+)
www.wegottickets.com/event/452479. Hot drinks at the Twigg's Gigs café. BYO
alcohol.
Sunday
31 March 2019 7.45pm - Joe Topping - Folk on
the Moor, Westward Inn, Lee
Mill, Ivybridge PL21 9EE (map)
Described as a cross between Ry Cooder, Woody Guthrie and Paul Brady, Joe has
developed his own unique bottleneck guitar style, which he employs in many of
his original songs, and has a voice that can move from velvet soft to steely and
powerful. He has played on stage and in the studio with many legends of the
British folk scene including members of Fairport Convention, While and Matthews,
Andy Irvine and toured as a stand in lead vocalist in the BBC2 award winning
"Best live Act", Home Service. £10. Further information / reserve seat:
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
Sold out Sunday 31 March 2019
7.30pm - Glenn Tilbrook - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW Tuesday 2 April 2019
7.30pm - VRi - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
"VRï are not just three stunning musicians; they summon up a magic chemistry
that is absolutely bewildering, mesmerising and thoroughly addictive." FolkWales.
VRï have risen to prominence in Wales and beyond over the last two years,
gaining high acclaim for their exciting sound, stylish arrangements and
innovative art-music interpretations of folk melodies and songs. Although their
roots are in Wales and the backbone of their repertoire is Welsh, VRï make a
point of blending other traditional musics from around Europe, and have been
heavily influenced the ‘chamber-folk’ artists from both sides of the Atlantic.
VRï's vision has always been to maintain the integrity and individuality of
their fiddle styles within the ideals of classical chamber ensemble, to deliver
a product which harnesses both the raw energy of the fiddle and the finesse of
the violin. Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW Wednesday 3
April 2019 -
Midnight Skyracer
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
Midnight Skyracer has been tearing up the UK bluegrass and folk scene since its
inception less than two years ago. The all-star lineup and exciting live
performances have sent the band racing skywards at an astounding pace right from
the start, with Leanne Thorose’s powerhouse vocals and driving mandolin, Tabitha
Agnew’s sweet voice and virtuosic banjo playing, Eleanor Wilkie’s rock solid
bass grooves, Laura Carrivick’s flair — being equally adept on both fiddle and
dobro — and her twin sister Charlotte’s agility on the guitar, with both sisters
filling in the vocal harmonies. Full details
www.wegottickets.com/event/464001.
www.facebook.com/pg/ashburtonarts/events.
www.ashburtonarts.org.uk.
NEW
Thursday 4 April 2019 - Steve Knightley - Higher Eggbeer Farm, Cheriton Bishop,
Exeter EX6 6JQ
In aid of Age UK Exeter. An intimate evening with Steve Knightley in a beautiful
setting. As a long-serving troubadour of the folk and acoustic music scene,
master songwriter and storyteller Steve has spent much of his life on the road,
collecting songs, stories, anecdotes and observations – with the odd disaster
along the way. Steve once again takes to England’s highways and byways to
present ‘Roadworks’ – a show which builds on the success of his sell-out 2018
solo tour ‘Songs and Stories’. Advance tickets only, £25; price includes a
delicious meat or vegetarian curry. Full details
www.eventbrite.com/o/age-uk-exeter-18519087485.
NEW
Thursday 4 April 2019 8.30pm -
Geoff Lakeman
- B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
(map)
B-Bar regular Geoff, dad to famous folk stars Seth, Sean and Sam, plays
for us again his inimitable blend of west country, American and Irish folk,
Americana and even 20's/30's jazz, showcased on his rare duet concertina. His
debut solo album "After All These Years” has had national five and four-star
reviews and been played on BBC Radio 2 by Mark Radcliffe, by Tom Robinson on his
BBC Radio Six show, on BBC Radio 3 and just about every local radio station in
the country.
£2.
www.b-bar.co.uk. Tel. 01752
242021.
NEW
Friday 5 April 2019 7.15pm - Ceilidh with Cotton Mill Ceilidh Band - Totnes
Civic Hall
www.cottonmillband.co.uk. Special guest Matt Harvey. £8 door, £7 adv, £6
concs (accompanied U16s free). Adv tickets: Rhythm and Light or Firefly, 47 and
58 High Street, Totnes. Organised by South Devon Green Party.
NEW
Friday 5 April 2019 9pm - Circe's Diner
- B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
(map)
Dedicated to self-penned, honest, rootsy tunes, the music from the Diner
touches base with Country, Americana, Folk and Pop traditions yet the
presentation and lyrical content draws inspiration from everyday life through
wondrous tales of love, loss, friendship and tigers! These acoustic alchemists
will take you on most intoxicating journey that will leave you feeling
thoroughly charmed! “In three words? Quirky. Folk. Glamour. Vocalist Bronte
Shande’s jazzy-folk tones perfectly complement the vintage coo of alternate lead
Rosina Buck above the wondrous arrangements”.
£3.
www.b-bar.co.uk. Tel. 01752
242021.
NEW Saturday 6 April 2019
7.30pm - Gypsy Fingers - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
GypsyFingers are a progressive folk-rock band founded by Victoria Coghlan and
Luke Oldfield (son of Mike Oldfield). GypsyFingers play live as a quartet fusing
together folk, rock, pop, prog, psychedelia, americana + more to create a fresh
sound of their own described by RnR Magazine as "trip-hop and folk-influenced
ethereal pop that delightfully doesn't fit into any existing musical
pigeonhole". Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW Sunday 7 April 2019
7.30pm - Ninebarrow - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
Multi-award-winning folk duo who are impressing audiences across the country
with their innovative and captivating take on the folk tradition. Described by
Mark Radcliffe as sounding like ‘two halves of one voice’, by Seth Lakeman as ‘a
fantastic duo’ and by Kate Rusby as ‘absolutely amazing’, Jon Whitley and Jay
LaBouchardiere combine breath taking vocal harmonies and melodies, delivering
songs that are inspired and rooted in the landscape and history of the British
Isles. Most recently, the duo were nominated in the 2017 BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards
in the ‘Horizon’ category for Best Emerging Artist. Folk luminary, Mike Harding,
has hailed their latest album as ‘absolutely monumental’. Tickets and info 01803
875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW
Sunday 7 April 2019 8pm - Daoirí Farrell
- Matthews Hall, Topsham EX3 0HF (map)
Dublin-born traditional singer and bouzouki player Daoirí (pronounced ‘Derry’)
Farrell is being described by some of the biggest names in Irish folk music as
one of the most important singers to come out of Ireland in recent years. Winner
of the Horizon Award and Best Traditional Track at the BBC Folk Awards 2017..
‘Effortless, instinctive, natural…the real deal.’ – Mark Radcliffe, BBC Radio 2
Folk Show. www.daoiri.com. £12(+) adv/£14 door, tickets
available online at
www.topshamfolkclub.org or at Sunday night folk evenings at the Globe,
Topsham. All enquiries 01392 875332.
NEW Monday 8 April 2019 - Blue Rose Code - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
A nomad both geographically and musically, Ross Wilson (Blue Rose Code) writes
from the heart – eschewing any specific genre – and the twelve new songs on The
Water Of Leith, addressing themes of love, loss, travel, home, accepting the
past and embracing the future, are painted with colours of soul, jazz, folk and
pop – an eclecticism that has become a hallmark of Blue Rose Code and has seen
him compared to John Martyn, Van Morrison and Tom Waits.
Box Office 01392 667080. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/category/music.
NEW Tuesday 9 April 2019
7.30pm - Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
Their unique unplugged presentation creates a widescreen, cinematic soundscape
with open spaces and atmosphere, giving their beautifully pure vocals room to
share the songs’ emotion and narrative. The material is as joyful and fun as it
is intense, but the common factor is the duo’s warmth and confidence in each
other; their natural ease and connection is clearly evident on the recorded
music, and a genuine pleasure to witness on stage. “Spellbinding… Hannah and Ben
were born to play and sing together” FRoots. Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW
Thursday 11 April 2019 8pm - Singers night -
Totnes Folk Song Club, Dartmouth Inn, 28 Warland, Totnes TQ9 5EL (map)
'Local troubadors' shanty crew The Old Gaffers to finish the evening for us. Information: Andy Clarke 01803 732312.
NEW Thursday 11 April 2019 8.30pm - Nine Pound
Catfish - Brixham Blues BBT2, Old Coaching Inn, Fore Street, Brixham TQ5 8AG
BBT2 welcome back Nine Pound Catfish - Ian, Jane and Graham - with their raucous
blend of good-time blues, hokum and popular tunes from the 1920s and 1930s. With
altogether moodier Delta blues from support act The Boal Weevils. Contact:
stuart1929@btinternet.com, 01803
855256.
NEW Saturday
13 April 2019 7.30pm - Phil Beer - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
Charming, disarming and exceptionally talented, multi-instrumentalist Phil Beer
is something of a national treasure on the folk, roots and acoustic scene.
One-half of award-winning powerhouse Show of Hands, Beer is equally as in demand
for his solo shows. Phil now sets out to share some of his most-loved songs at
carefully selected venues across the UK. With the odd laugh thrown in for good
measure, Beers flawless musicianship and rich vocals will leave you wide-eyed
and wanting more. Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
NEW
Saturday 13 April 2019 8pm - Tom McConville - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club,
Victoria Park Tennis Club, Lyndhurst Road, St. Leonards, Exeter, EX2 4NX (map)
First time guest here for this brilliant performer. Tom McConville, a winner of
the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards for Musician Of The Year, is one of the country's
finest fiddlers and plays with such dexterity and finesse. He is also a very
fine whistle player, excellent singer and all-round entertainer. Tom's career
began in the early 70's in the north-east. He has recorded and shared the stages
with many greats including Barbara Dickson, Richard Thompson, Lindisfarne, Allan
Taylor, Paul Brady, The Chieftains and Stephane Grappelli and many others.
www.tommcconville.co.uk/index.html. Support: TBA. Tickets (this is an
advanced ticket reservation concert only) - Paid in advance £10; advanced notice
without pre-payment £12 (paid on door). Info / ticket enquiries contact:
exeterfolkclub@outlook.com or
01392 210983.
www.facebook.com/groups/exeterfolkclub.
www.exeterfolkclub.org.
NEW Saturday 13 April 2019 7.30pm
- The Drystones - Sheepstor Village Hall PL20 6PF
The Drystones are a young duo making big waves on the UK folk scene. Combining
traditional music’s timeless instrumental union of fiddle and guitar with
technical mastery, an unexpectedly large live sound, it’s no wonder they’ve been
described as ‘indecently talented’ (Mike Harding) and earned themselves a
nomination for the 2018 BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award. Since forming in 2011 to
play at their local folk festival in Priddy, Somerset, they have played
festivals across the country, including Glastonbury and Sidmouth Folk Week, have
supported Seth Lakeman and Steeleye Span, produced two albums and, somehow,
squeezed in their music degrees. Tickets: adult £9, child £7, Family £25. Call
01822 853186 to book.
NEW Saturday 13 April 2019 7.30pm - Daria Kulesh:
Long Lost Home - Mamhead Village
Hall, Stud Hill, Mamhead, EX6 8HP
With her striking voice and strong Russian and Ingush heritage, ‘bold, exotic,
impressive’ Daria Kulesh is a rising star on the UK folk scene. Her intrepid
quest to explore her family roots in the new solo album and touring show Long
Lost Home has led Daria from the folk clubs of Hertfordshire to the mountains of
Caucasus. Mixing history and folklore in captivating storytelling songs,
performed on a selection of folk instruments, Daria will take you on an
engaging, enchanting and uplifting journey. ‘Daria Kulesh entertained us with
wonderful, charming stories and songs, one of the best voices around’ Robin
Mansfield, Cambridge Folk Club. Tickets on sale soon. Tickets: adult £9, child
£7, family £25. Call 0845 467 0529 to book, or book online,
www.villagesinaction.co.uk.
NEW Saturday 13 April 2019 - Harbottle & Jonas -
St James' Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Stoke Hill, Exeter EX4 7AH
(map)
There is a real maritime flavour to the duo's fourth album as well as some Devon
history in there; every song tells a story and the storytelling continues
between songs. A great live act, their songs cover the political and historical
as well as the more personal. Partners in life as well as music, Dave and Freya
combine a love of the richness of traditional folk with their own original and
powerful songwriting. Over 6 years of writing and performing together they have
evolved a compelling live signature sound, blending their distinctive solo
voices with concertina, harmonium, banjo, stomp box, acoustic guitar and dobro
with their powerful close vocal harmonies. Full details
www.wegottickets.com/event/462446.
www.twiggsgigs.wordpress.com/gigs. Hot drinks at the Twigg's Gigs café. BYO
alcohol.
NEW Sunday
14 April 2019 7.45pm - Anthony John Clarke - Folk on
the Moor, Westward Inn, Lee
Mill, Ivybridge PL21 9EE (map)
details tba Further information / reserve seat:
www.moorfolk.co.uk.
NEW Sunday 14 April 2019 - Gadarene - Exeter Phoenix
Voodoo Lounge, Gandy Street EX4 3LS (map)
Gadarene blend obscure traditional English tunes, virtuoso acoustic musicians,
funky beats and loads of energy. The five-piece play drums, mandolin, double
bass, fiddle and flute, their musicianship and effects units transforming
obscure English 18th and 19th-century tunes into numbers from intricate acoustic
trance to alternative modern dance hits. Drawing on styles from pop and rock to
electronic and dub, the band’s pioneering attitude to folk brings glorious old
tunes to life. The set features Lancashire clog and Dartmoor step dance, and
gets audiences up dancing too! Delivered with great rhythm, innovative
instrumentation and good humour, Gadarene’s infectious sound is sophisticated
enough for seated audiences and wild enough to get everyone dancing. Box Office
01392 667080. Full details
www.exeterphoenix.org.uk/category/music.
NEW Sunday
14 April 2019 7.30pm - Solana - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
(map)
Original fusion project Solana enchant listeners with their rhythmically complex
and harmonically rich music inspired by folk traditions from around the world.
Solana’s sound is lead by flutes, violin, accordion and Spanish guitar, and
takes influence from such diverse greats as Tigran Hamasyan, Kíla, Paco de Lucía
and Dhafer Youssef. “Their music ranges boldly from klezmer melodies, tingling
tango, exuberant Irish folk and swinging jazz to pumping reggae and lilting
Latin […] thoroughly invigorating” - Songlines. Tickets and info 01803 875527.
www.wegottickets.com/worldunlimited. Full details, programme, samples
etc.
www.worldunlimited.co.uk.
***** Part Two - Important Admin note: Email delivery problems *****
I've had problems sending the previous two circulars to 190+ addresses (mainly
BTInternet, BTOpenworld, Yahoo,
Sky, AOL, plus a few others, all of which use the Yahoo email platform). The
circulars have been soft-bounced, i.e. rejected, on both recent occasion by most
of those addresses "for policy reasons".
When the same address soft-bounces several circulars in succession, MailChimp
(the system I use to send circulars) eventually hard-bounces that address, i.e.
permanently removes it from the circulation and I, as Admin, cannot then
reinstate that address, although the person in question can re-subscribe
themself.
This has happened a couple of times over the last 12 months and I have no real
idea why it happens, so it's very difficult trying to do anything about it. But
this present circular is a trial inasmuch as it employs simpler formatting with
less complex underlying code in the hope this may increase the acceptance rate.
In the interim I have been communicating directly with the 190+ about this problem and I would like to thank the large number of them who very helpfully responded to my last communication when I sent a copy of the latest missing circular as a PDF file attachment, apparently successfully, whereas an attempt to simply forward a copy of the original circular to a test group of 10 addresses failed.
Several people also mentioned that they had an
alternative email address which could be used for receiving the circulars - and
I would ask anyone in this position to please use the 'update subscription
preferences' link at the very foot of any circular to update their email address
in the MailChimp data base accordingly. Should you no longer be able to access
any original circular, I can update your email address for you on request (but
it's best if you do it yourself if possible).
If you change to a Gmail address, please note that my circulars may arrive in
your Promotions inbox folder.
It remains to be seen whether the 190+ will actually receive this circular.
Harberton Folk Circular - Sunday 3 March 2019
What's On at the Bicton Inn in Exmouth - March 2019
The full and varied music and events programme for the Bicton Inn can be
found at
www.bictoninn.co.uk (and
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/bictoninn.htm).
***** Part Two - One-liners for April *****
NEW Tuesday 2 April 2019
7.30pm - VRi - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW Wednesday 3
April 2019 -
Midnight Skyracer
- Ashburton Arts Centre, West Street, Ashburton TQ13 7DT
NEW
Thursday 4 April 2019 - Steve Knightley - Higher Eggbeer Farm, Cheriton Bishop,
Exeter EX6 6JQ
NEW
Thursday 4 April 2019 8.30pm -
Geoff Lakeman
- B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
NEW
Friday 5 April 2019 9pm - Circe's Diner - B-Bar, Castle Street, The Barbican, Plymouth PL1 2NJ
NEW
Saturday 6 April 2019
7.30pm - Gypsy Fingers - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW Sunday 7 April 2019
7.30pm - Ninebarrow - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW Sunday 7 April 2019 8pm - Daoirí Farrell
- Matthews Hall, Topsham EX3 0HF
NEW Monday 8 April 2019 - Blue Rose Code - Exeter Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS
NEW
Tuesday 9 April 2019
7.30pm - Hannah Sanders & Ben Savage - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW Thursday 11 April 2019 8pm - Singers night -
Totnes Folk Song Club, Dartmouth Inn, 28 Warland, Totnes TQ9 5EL
NEW
Saturday
13 April 2019 7.30pm - Phil Beer - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW
Saturday 13 April 2019 8pm - Tom McConville - Exeter Folk & Acoustic Music Club
NEW Saturday 13 April 2019 7.30pm
- The Drystones - Sheepstor Village Hall PL20 6PF
NEW Saturday 13 April 2019 7.30pm - Daria Kulesh:
Long Lost Home - Mamhead Village
Hall, Stud Hill, Mamhead, EX6 8HP
NEW Saturday 13 April 2019 - Harbottle & Jonas -
St James' Church Hall, Mount Pleasant Road, Stoke Hill, Exeter EX4 7AH
NEW Sunday
14 April 2019 7.45pm - Anthony John Clarke - Folk on
the Moor, Westward Inn, Lee
Mill, Ivybridge PL21 9EE
NEW Sunday 14 April 2019 - Gadarene - Exeter Phoenix
Voodoo Lounge, Gandy Street EX4 3LS
NEW Sunday
14 April 2019 7.30pm - Solana - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW Thursday 18 April 2019 8pm - The Askew
Sisters - Calstock Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
NEW Thursday
18 April 2019 8.30pm - House Concert: Music from the compass points - Hatch Court, Churchstow
NEW Friday 19 April 2019 - Tunelink Spring Ceilidh
with Jiginaboot Ceilidh Band - Dartington Village Hall, Cott Road, Dartington TQ9 6HY
NEW Friday 19 April 2019 7.30pm -
The Drystones - Black Dog Memorial Hall, Black Dog, nr Crediton EX17 4QS
NEW Saturday 20
April 2019
- Davis Lindley Mullan - Abbotskerswell Village Hall,
Slade Lane, nr Newton Abbot TQ12 5YF
NEW Thursday 25 April 2019 - Steve Tilston - Otterton Mill, nr Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HG
NEW Friday 26 April 2019 7.30pm - James Hickman
& Dan Cassidy - Scoriton Village Hall, nr
Buckfastleigh TQ11 0JB
NEW Friday 26 April 2019 7.30pm -
Jess Klein - St Mary's Parish Church, Kingskerswell TQ12 5LD
NEW Saturday 27 April 2019 8pm - Ceilidh with
Dumbo's Feather - Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter
EX6 7UE
NEW Saturday 27 April 2019 - d'Accord
Exeter - St Matthews Church Hall, Newtown, Exeter EX1 2LJ
NEW
Sunday
28 April 2019 7.45pm
- Ian Bruce - Folk on
the Moor, Westward Inn, Lee
Mill, Ivybridge PL21 9EE
NEW Sunday 28 April 2019 - Jim Causley - Exeter
Phoenix, Gandy Street EX4 3LS
NEW Monday 29 April 2019 - Mother’s Ruin -
Acoustic Warehouse Music & Performance Club, Newton Abbot RFC, Rackerhayes,
Newton Road, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot TQ12 3SJ
NEW Tuesday 30 April 2019
8pm - Sam Lee’s Singing With Nightingales -
Dartington Great Hall, Totnes TQ9 6DE
***** Part Three - Other Stuff *****
Session news
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
Colyford (nr. Colyton): The White Hart Inn, Swan Hill Road EX24 6QF (Bob:
01297 553201; Kay: 01297 24870; info:
woman.friday@yahoo.co.uk). Acoustic session: Second Tuesday of the month,
8pm. “Trad Irish and tunes mostly.” “We've put it on hold for now. Please would
you delete the entry and I'll get back to you if we start it up again.” Liz
General items retained from previous circulars
Shape Note Singing - Monthly Singings -
Methodist Church, East Street, Ipplepen TQ12 5SX
Shape note singing is an American Choral tradition of unaccompanied singing
in four part harmony. We will sing from The Sacred Harp which has been in
continuous use since 1844, and a newly compiled collection called the Shenandoah
Harmony which contains an extensive collection of early American hymns. We are
not a traditional choir with no membership or performances. We sing for the joy
of the experience rather than for the appraisal of an audience.
We are holding the singings on the fourth Tuesday of each month. Next
Singing: Tuesday 26 February 7-9pm. For more information email
jeremyjamesdonaldson@gmail.com.
Irish Music in Totnes
1st and 3rd Mondays of the month: Traditional Irish music sessions in the
library bar of The Totnes Brewing Co., 59a High Street, Totnes TQ9 5PB (map)
2nd Tuesday and 4th Monday of the month, 8pm: Celtic/Irish session, with jigs
and reels etc. at The Bay Horse Inn, 8 Cistern Street, Totnes TQ9
5SP
(map)
What's coming at Otterton Mill (nr Budleigh Salterton EX9 7HG (map))
Music indoors in the intimate setting of the upstairs restaurant, or outside
under the stars in the courtyard during the summer. All tickets £15 (ticket
price covers music only). Pre-booking required. Food served 6pm to 7.30pm, music
starts at 8pm. Please call the ticket line 01395 568521 to book. No details yet,
but the following are listed on www.ottertonmill.com:
Thursday 21 March - Eddie Martin
Thursday 25 April - Steve Tilston
Thursday 2 May - Amber Cross
Thursday 9 May - Kirsty McGee
Friday 7 June - Jim Causley
Friday 28 June - Veronica Sbergia and Max de Bernardi
Thursday 11 July - Eve Selis
Thursday 25 July - Tipitina
Thursday 1 August - James and Black
Thursday 29 August - Roberts and Lakeman
Friday 4 October - Paul Lamb and Chad Strentz
More to follow...
Calstock
Arts, The Old Chapel, Sand Lane, Calstock PL18 9QX
(map)
Calstock Arts was established in 2010 and is a not-for-profit arts venue.
It is largely staffed by a dedicated team of volunteers. Initially set up as a
Community Interest Company we converted to Charity status in 2015. Our programme
is varied and includes folk, jazz and classical music, dance, films, talks,
comedy, workshops and exhibitions. Fully
licensed bar.
Full programme details: www.calstockarts.org.
The current programme includes:
Thursday 7 March 2019 8pm - Leveret
Saturday 23 March 2019 8pm - Nick Harper: 58 Fordwych Road
Thursday 18 April 2019 8pm - The Askew Sisters
Friday 3 May 2019 8pm - Eliza Carthy & Martin Carthy
Friday 17 May 2019 8pm - The Little Unsaid
Re-launch of Acoustic Warehouse with new name &
style for 2019:
Acoustic Warehouse – Music & Performance Club - Newton Abbot RFC, Rackerhayes,
Newton Road, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot TQ12 3SJ
Live music club every Monday 7.15-10.15pm, starting on 21st January Open Mic
For each month, the First & Third Mondays (or if there is a Fifth) will be an
‘Open mic’ format; the Second & Fourth Mondays will be ‘Unplugged’.
Example for April 2019: Mon 1st April Open Mic; Mon 8th April Unplugged; Mon
15th April Open Mic; Mon 22nd April Unplugged; Mon 29th April Open Mic
£2 entrance including raffle, raising money for Rowcroft Hospice.
Tunelink - Evening Workshops in Traditional
Music and Dance
Wednesdays 7.00-8.30pm at The Mansion, Totnes TQ9 5RP
Spring/summer 2019: January: 30; February: 6, 13; March:: 6, 13, 20, 27; May: 1,
8, 15, 22; June: 5, 12, 19, 26
Evening workshops in traditional music and dance led by Gris Sanderson and Louis
Bingham. Please get in touch for more information. See
www.facebook.com/TunelinkSW or email
tunelinksouthwest@gmail.com.
New contact details for Brixham Folk Club
1st Friday, 8pm, The Old Coaching Inn, 61 Fore Street, Brixham TQ5 8AG. Singers
and musicians welcome; the programme includes communal singing and a House Band.
For information or queries, please contact Mark Harrod on
mnharrod@yahoo.co.uk. [Mark is taking
over the reigns from Anne & Steve Gill.]
South Brent - Pack Horse Inn
Following the recent closure of the Oak Inn, not the following at the Pack
Horse Inn:
Mixed Folk Session on the 2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month: - mainly a song
session/‘sing around’ from around 8.30pm on the - Contact Eileen on 01364 73699
eileen.southbrentfolk@gmail.com.
Traditional Folk at the Pack: (formerly at The Oak) - Traditional music and song
on the third Thursday of the month in the Tea Room from 8.00pm(ish). FFI Mick
Bramich on 01364 649339.
(The future for other ‘Folk at the Oak’ sessions is being considered).
NEW 2-9 August 2019
- Sidmouth Folk Festival
Early line-up announcements, website launched, tickets on sale (Super Early
Bird). The Sidmouth Folk Festival goes back to its roots in 2019 and reclaims
its title for its 65th edition.
www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk. Join the
festival mailing list for regular updates (which have already started):
www.sidmouthfolkfestival.co.uk/mailing-list.
Session news
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
Change of Venue
Exeter: Little Drops of Poison (formerly The Mint), 154 Fore St. EX4 3AT (01392
437382, www.facebook.com/groups/173833436777 )
Second Wednesday of the month. Folk music session.
“Formerly at The Globe.”
RIP
Exeter: Cowley Bridge Inn, Cowley Bridge Rd. EX4 5BX - First Tuesday of the
month. Open mic, run by Tony Scott. - Pub closed.
Exmouth: The Famous Old Barrel, 1 Princes Street EX8 1JA - Every Monday, 8.30pm.
Acoustic open mic. - Pub closed.
Upcoming folk shows on Liskeard Radio
Eddie's Folk Music Show starts up again Sunday
25 Nov, 10pm till midnight, 87.7 FM and ONLINE, and then for the first three
Sundays in December (2nd, 9th,16th). Please send us details of gigs, sessions,
Xmas dos etc, and we'll give yous a shout out. OK? Happy listening!
www.liskeardradio.com.
Session News
New venue for Acoustic Warehouse Open Mic Performance Club:
Newton Abbot RFC, Rackerhayes, Newton Road, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot TQ12
3SJ
Every Monday 7.15pm to 10.15pm. £2 entrance including raffle, raising money for Rowcroft
Hospice. Featured artist nights - 19 November - Eternal Circle (Martin & Janet
Sidebotham), 3 December - Tom Hayes (of Alpha Tide, album launch), 17 December -
Nigel Dee. Unplugged sessions on 5 November and 10 December. Closed 24 and 31
December.
www.facebook.com/Acoustic.Warehouse.TQ123QH.
Session news
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
RIP
Totnes: Thrive Café, Arcturus Centre, 47 Fore Street TQ9 5NJ (01803
840202, Simon & Susan: susan@farmhouse.ac, 01364 631308). Occasional, 7pm for
7.30pm.Open mic, hosted by Trade Winds. No longer happening.
Winter Concerts at the Crabshell, Kingsbridge
Four "free" concerts are planned in the Crabshell this winter, thanks to the
landlord and staff for letting us have the room again. We are pleased to
announce the line-up for the first concert on Thursday 22 November: Simon Barron
and Acorn Shakers will be our guests; full details on
www.shamstrad.co.uk. No
need to book; but please be seated by 8pm. To get a good seat get in early!
Future concerts will be on 24 January, 28 February and 28 March. Programmes are
in the process of being sorted. If you would like to be part of a programme on
any of these dates or would like to recommend someone you know, please let Paul
know as soon as possible (contact details on website).
Ashburton Arts
Ashburton Arts recently celebrated the first anniversary of its purchase of
the old Methodist Church. An extensive programme of arts events of many genres
currently extending over the next 3 months is available to view at
www.ashburtonarts.org.uk/whats-on. Well worth a look through. Here just a
few names and dates for starters: 6/10 Mevagissey Male Choir; 20/10 Moscow Drug
Club; 16/11 Reg Meuross + Harbottle & Jonas; 24+25/11 Simon Mayor & Hilary
James; Meridianum Ensemble. Ticket prices for some events are also tiered,
depending on what you can afford.
NEW Tunelink - Evening Workshops in Traditional
Music and Dance
Wednesdays 7.00-8.30pm at The Mansion, Totnes TQ9 5RP
Spring/summer 2019: January: 30; February: 6, 13; March:: 6, 13, 20, 27; May: 1,
8, 15, 22; June: 5, 12, 19, 26
Evening workshops in traditional music and dance led by Gris Sanderson and Louis
Bingham. Please get in touch for more information. See
www.facebook.com/TunelinkSW or email
tunelinksouthwest@gmail.com.
Session News
Lympstone
(nr. Exmouth): The Saddlers Arms,
Exmouth Rd. EX8 5LS (Pub: 01395 265369; Olly: 07741409265,
ollydavey1950@gmail.com
)
Fourth Wednesday of every month, 8.30pm. Lympstone Folk, Roots &
Acoustic. “All acts welcome. A good sized car park and it’s right on
the No 57 bus route.” This session is alive and well, following a recent
RIP notice which may have cause confusion and referred only to the open mic,
which happened on a Thursday.
1) Church House Inn, Churchstow, sessions run by John Connor start again on
Thursday 6 September at 8pm, and thereafter on the first Thursday of each month
until June 2019.
2) Dartington , Acoustic Folk Nights at Meadowbrook Community Centre,
Shinners Bridge. All musicians welcome, all styles; Songs; Tunes; start 8.30pm;
Fridays: Sep 14th; Oct 12th; Nov 9th; Dec 7th. Facebook: meadowbrook dartington
community centre.
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
RIP
3) Folly Gate (nr. Okehampton) The Crossways Inn EX20 3AH (Pub: 01837 52088;
Dave: 07792 259338,
http://www.drjams.co.uk/ )
Third Monday of the month, 9pm. Open mic / jam. “Sorry to say that the Crossways
jam is no more. Unfortunately we struggled to get the locals out to support it
but thank you to everyone who came and performed and I wish the Crossways all
the best for the future.” Dave
Folk news slightly further afield:
North Devon/West Somerset music listings
Website listings of regular and special music events for the next couple of months
for this area can be found at
www.shammickacoustic.org.uk (then click on 'Local Events').
Somerset & Dorset (SADFOLK) folk events - Regular email updates
A regular and
comprehensive emailed listing is available through
www.sadfolk.co.uk
(Somerset and Dorset folk, Steve Cunio) for folk events in venues large and small in those two
counties, some of which are not too far away from the Harberton Folk area.
Folk in Cornwall
What it says on the tin -
www.folkincornwall.co.uk - clubs, sessions, events...
Acoustic Calendar - Sign up for email updates at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com
Tony Watts' monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions &
open mics in the South West. "The Acoustic Calendar is all about DIY music (NOT
concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc). The purpose of the Calendar is to keep you
informed of all the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and
join in or do your own thing."
...and not forgetting
www.flaxey-green.co.uk (and
www.devonfolk.co.uk) for further detailed Devon listings, including many
regular pub sessions, folk dance clubs and much more.
Rachel's East Devon Gig Guide for July
is available to view and as a PDF download at
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk/eastdevon.htm.
(Unfortunately this is the last monthly East Devon Gig Guide from Rachel, who
says:)
"This is just to let you know that I will not be compiling and sending out any
more gig guides for Exmouth. It has become increasingly difficult to get
information directly from both the venues and the artists. I have really enjoyed
putting it together and would like to say a special thank you to Ted (always
first to reply to my email!), Martin, Alison, Geoff and others who have
supported the effort and to the many music loving subscribers to the gig guide.
We are very lucky to live in a place with so much wonderful live music. Long may
it continue. Rachel"
Session news
Okehampton: Okey Folky, The Plume of Feathers, 8 Fore St. EX20 1HB (01837
52815,
www.facebook.com/Okey-Folky-2052675631681435)
Last Sunday of the month, 8pm. Open folk session/club. “Everyone is welcome,
singers, dancers, musicians.”
Session News
This is always a good opportunity to mention that an ideal source of information about
sessions across southern Devon and further afield in the county is
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
(which also contains a wealth of other folk information).
Jurassic Folk, Seaton - A reminder that Jurassic Folk now only meet on the 3rd
Wednesday of every month, (including August). There are still folk arriving on
the 1st Wednesday, only to be disappointed. For any other information, call
Adrian and Gerry on 01404 549903.
[version sent on 8/6/18 to remainder of 270 contacts 'cleaned' by MailChimp,
inviting re-subscription]
Once again this copy of yesterday's Harberton Folk email circular is being sent
directly from my laptop (not via MailChimp, nor in MailChimp format this time)
to those mostly btinternet / btopenworld / yahoo / aol / sky email addresses who
were removed a while back from Harberton Folk's MailChimp database due to
unknown circumstances and have not yet re-subscribed.
If you wish to continue receiving the regular
circulars, please re-subscribe by going to
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk
where you’ll find a link to a short form to complete – and you’ll be back on the
list.
Or simply reply to this email and ask me to
re-subscribe you.
You can view Harberton Folk's GDPR-compliant Privacy Policy on the website.
Note that the e-circulars are now being sent from
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk.
Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
At some point in the not too distant future I will no longer be able to continue
sending these separate copies to you.
Best wishes
John Culf
[version sent to NON-GDPR segment on 8/6/18]
GDPR - Still time to update your preferences to
continue receiving Harberton Folk Circulars - Please act now
The new GDPR data protection law came into force on May 25th.
I'm still hoping some more of the people who have not yet UPDATED THEIR
PREFERENCES appropriately (see the link at the very foot of this circular) will
do so to enable me to continue sending them the circulars. You will also find an
'unsubscribe' link there, should you need it.
The full list of 1350+ contacts is now effectively split into two parts, one
containing the 955 contacts who have already updated, the other (to which this
customised version of yesterday's circular is being sent) containing the
remainder.
Alternatively, you can simply reply to this email and I
can do the updates for you, if you tell me that is your wish.
New contacts can subscribe to the circulation at any time via a link provided on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
[version sent to GDPR CONSENT segment on 7/6/18]
Firstly, my thanks to the 955 contacts who have (thus far) confirmed their
consent to continue receiving Harberton Folk emails. My list is now effectively
divided into two parts, i.e. those who have, and those who have not (yet),
re-confirmed. I'm now able to send separately to the two groups and will be
sending further GDPR reminders (with the circular) to the latter group, and can
assure everyone receiving this version of today's that this is the last time I
will mention GDPR! Many thanks for your understanding and cooperation. John Culf
Harberton Folk Circular - Friday 25
May 2018
If you would like to
continue receiving Harberton Folk email circulars...
...you must confirm your consent to do so - or your contact details will soon be
removed from the circulation!
I know many of you will be fed up of receiving emails about GDPR - but today May 25th is the day the new law comes into force.
To date, barely half of my 1300+ contacts have signed up for continued circulars
and I am sure there are many more who wish to remain on the list but just
haven't got round to taking the appropriate action yet.
Even if you don't read any more of this circular, jump to the
"Update subscription preferences"
link at the very foot of this email which will offer you a very short simple
form to complete - your existing details will already be there (with asterisks
blanking most of your email address for security) - just
tick both the vacant boxes and click 'Update Profile'. You can enter
a completely different email address if you wish. (You could even
'Unsubscribe'!)
I intend to send several further reminders about this in the coming days because
I really want to lose as few contacts as possible from the list.
Harberton Folk Circular - Tuesday 15
May 2018
Sorry it's been so long since the last circular. GDPR stuff has been taking up a
lot of my spare time, but I think I'm almost there now.
GDPR Update - My Next Email will Require Action
on Your Part
My next email (hopefully tomorrow) will be particularly important as it will
hopefully ensure that the Harberton Folk email circulation is operating in
compliance with the new General Data Protection
Regulation (GDPR) coming into force with effect from 25 May 2018.
You must take action as indicated in that next email (or any subsequent
reminders) if you wish to continue receiving the e-circulars, i.e.
re-confirm your consent to receive Harberton Folk e-circulars.
If you do not, we will unfortunately be obliged to remove your name and
email address from the circulation.
Sorry to sound rather 'technical' or officious, but this IS REALLY IMPORTANT and we don't want to lose you!
Please also note that a few changes are also being made at the same time in
the hope of reducing the likelihood of these circulars being regarded as
spam/junk by some email systems/providers. For example, the sending address
will in future appear as
hfolk@johnculf.co.uk (in case you need to 'whitelist' this address or
otherwise approve it for receiving Harberton Folk e-circulars.
John
Update on the New Data Protection Law (GDPR)
My thanks to the significant number of people who have sent comments and
offered advice on this subject, following my piece last week. I'm
beginning to get a good idea of what I need to do to keep the Harberton
Folk email circulation 'legal' and will share this with you soon. It
will require simple action on your part to enable you to continue
receiving the e-circulars.
New Data Protection Law
Some of you may have heard recent mention of a new
(EU) data protection law coming into effect on May 25th; some may have even
heard its name: General Data Protection Regulation 'GDPR'. I am still struggling
to understand the possible implications of this for my Harberton Folk
email circulars and the MailChimp data base containing your details which
underpins the circulars, and what I may have to do - and ask you to do - to
ensure compliance with the new law and thereby allow you to continue receiving
these circulars. Watch this space! JC
Session News
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
RIP
Ermington (nr. Ivybridge): Crooked Spire Inn, The Square PL21 9LP (Pub: 01548
831288). Second Friday of the month, 8.30pm. Open mic. Music and song. No more.
Session News
[Following gleaned verbatim from Tony Watts' Acoustic Calendar email updates - sign up at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com]
CHANGE OF DAY
Exeter: The Oddfellows, 60 New North Rd. EX4 4EP (01392 209050). Every Thursday,
9pm. Open mic. Used to be on Mondays.
Featured venue:
Brook Inn, 33 Longbrook Street, Plympton St Maurice,
Plymouth PL7 1NJ
A wide variety of music - see
www.facebook.com/pg/BrookInnPlympton/events (www.brookinnplympton.co.uk)
Tel. 01752 297604
- including.
NEW Monday 23 April 2018 - An Evening with Jim
Causley
What better way to mark St George's Day than an evening of traditional folk
tales and music from one of Devon's best loved and respected figures of
today’s contemporary roots and folk scene; Jim Causley. During the past
decade Jim has been nominated no less than six times for a BBC Radio 2 Folk
Award and in 2017 he was nominated as “Singer of the Year” at the awards. We
are delighted to offer an evening with Jim on St George's Day. Tickets £25
per person and include a two course meal.
www.facebook.com/events/517564475294414.
NEW Friday 4 May 2018 - Peter Donegan - Brook Inn, 33 Longbrook Street, Plympton St Maurice,
Plymouth PL7 1NJ
The son of skiffle legend, Lonnie Donegan, now performing his father's songs
and keeping alive the memory of one of the first stars of the hit parade.
Tickets £3, available adv at the bar (free to restaurant diners that
evening).
www.facebook.com/events/1926312494365575. Any money raised from ticket
sales will go towards Peter's fundraising campaign to help fund treatment
for his three year old "Little Man", Eric, who has just been diagnosed with
Autism Spectrum Disorder.
www.gofundme.com/littlemanfund.
NEW Monday 23 July 2018 - Julie Felix
Julie's back for her fourth performance at The Brook Inn. This folk
legend of the 60s and 70s will be entertaining a small, select audience and
the evening includes a three course meal. The cost is just £35 per person
and numbers are limited so that everyone can enjoy a very special evening in
the company of Julie Felix.
www.facebook.com/events/1998278277124715.
Flaxey Green Website -
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
This excellent Devon website contains a wealth of folk-related information in
addition to an events diary, such as comprehensive listings for folk dance
clubs, pub sessions, bands, solo artists, callers, musicians wanted/available,
morris sides, a For Sale section (currently including a couple of melodeons, a
Peavey KB3 amplifier and other sound equipment.
Reminder for Gmail users:
As well as probably putting these circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), Gmail also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
Pig's Nose Music
I've only just become aware that music of various genres has been taking place
again in East Prawle, the interesting venue being the hall attached to the pub.
Sorry I missed reporting The Wurzels there last Saturday, but there are still
tickets available for:
NEW Saturday 10 February 2018 9pm - Mad Dog
Mcrea - Pigs Nose Inn Hall, East Prawle,
Kingsbridge TQ7 2BY (map)
Mad Dog blend a unique mixture of folk rock, pop, gypsy jazz, bluegrass and
‘shake your ass’ music. From self-penned songs of adventure, drinking, love and
life, to traditional songs of gypsies, fairies, legless pirates and black flies
– Mad Dog never fail to capture their audience with their infectious songs.
Early bookers can also book return shuttle bus from Kingsbridge via East/West
Charleton or Frogmore. Full details
www.pigsnoseinn.co.uk.
'Roots and Shoots' on Exeter's community
radio station Phonic FM
www.phonic.fm
Listen on 106.8 FM and online on 1st, 3rd, 4th (and 5th) Mondays of the month
6.00pm to 8.00pm. Featuring the best in folk/roots music with a strong emphasis
on local music - both live in the studio and recorded. News too of folk/roots
events in Exeter and south and east Devon. We welcome contributions from
musicians, singers and anyone involved with folk/roots/world music in and around
Exeter. Most importantly, listen in, then get in touch to tell us your reactions
and suggestions. Contact Roots and Shoots: Telephone 01837 871498 (Martin
Henning), email m.henning@hotmail.co.uk.
A message from Adrian Bull
"I co-host the 'Roots and Shoots' radio show. I specialise in playing all things
folk(ish) and am particularly keen to promote local artists and events/clubs. If
you are a musician and would like me to play some of your music on the show, or
even come on as a guest, then I would love to hear from you. I am also keen to
have promoters, folk club organisers on the programme."
'Technical' Notes
1) I send copies of my circulars to several different email addresses of my own
(Plusnet, Hotmail, Gmail) to help check that as many as possible are reaching
their intended recipients. Last week the copy to my Plusnet address unusually
finished up in my spam folder. Very occasionally a copy may disappear without
trace. I have no idea why - the joys of email! Anyway, if you think you may be
missing a copy at any time, you can always find the full open-ended southern
Devon Folk Diary listings on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk, along with the most recent circular(s).
2) A chance communication with a recipient of these circulars has revealed that
Gmail, as well as probably putting the circulars in the Promotions inbox folder
(rather than the Primary folder), also 'clips' long emails, such as these
circulars, and you need to select the 'View entire message' option to do just
that.
The person in question had failed to see the 'Christmas events' section in Part
because of the above clipping.
The following interesting item appeared in Steve Cunio's Somerset & Dorset
Folk Events Diary email today - Have any Harberton Folk recipients experienced
this issue yet?
"Do you use Gmail?
I've had a couple of emails from people asking why SaDFolk had started to send
them Google Calendar invitations to events they had no interest in. I haven't
changed anything here, but following a bit of searching round the Net, I found
that Google had made this 'improvement' to their service.
If you have a Gmail account and a Google Calendar account and any email you
receive contains something which Google interprets as an event you might want to
go to, it automatically adds the invitation to your calendar and sends you an
email about it.
To turn this off, you need log into your Google Calendar then click on the gear
wheel icon in the top right, select ‘settings’ then look for ‘Events in Gmail’.
Under that there should be a ‘Add automatically’ setting. Deselect that and the
problem should go away."
Please let me know (by reply to this email) if you as a Harberton Folk
recipient have experienced this issue. Thanks. JC
Folk Music Maps - for Devon and Beyond
Do you want a quick visual guide to folk song and dance clubs elsewhere in
Devon? Try the map on
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Folk_song_and_dance_clubs_map.html. Or further
afield? Another (global) folk music map is available at
www.folkmusicmap.wordpress.com (could do with a little udpating in places).
Folklore & Mythology Resource Guide
I've added the following link
www.supersummary.com/folklore-mythology-guide (Folklore and Mythology
Resource Guide) to the Links page page on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
Also in Topsham, but
not the Folk Club
Regular instrumental session (mainly English) at The Bridge Inn, Topsham,
Exeter EX3 0QQ
(map)
on the first Tuesday every month (not August) 8pm- 10.30pm.
Devon Sessions Map on
Flaxey Green
A useful map showing many of the regular pub sessions happening in Devon can
be found at
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Sessions_map.html. This is not necessarily
exhaustive and, as I know from my own earlier experience, notoriously difficult
to keep up to date so do please take a look and let FG's Trevor know of any
changes, additions etc.
Folk Club Map
"This could be a really useful resource but it will rely on a
community effort to keep it up to date. Have a look at:
www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=zV_JF5o4YYCs.k5CBvD6DMEsI and, if your club
or session isn't there, why not add it?"
[An interesting item gleaned from Steve Cunio's latest 'Sadfolk' (Somerset &
Dorset Folk) email circular - see
www.sadfolk.co.uk to sign up. I'll be adding the Folk Club Map link to the
Links page on www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.]
Interesting history of
folk sessions in Totnes (from the 1980s to date)
I'm not sure how long it's been there - I've only just happened on it - but
a history of folk sessions in various Totnes pubs, compiled by Mick Bramich
(with input from others), can be found at
www.flaxey-green.co.uk/Pages/Session_History.html.
A few notes about these listings - what gets listed,
what doesn't... etc.
The listings primarily include 'folk' events, mostly of a concert nature, also
folk club guest nights, folk workshops, ceilidhs / barn dances etc.
'Folk' of course means many things to many people so that's partly why I also
include limited coverage of some Americana, blues and other acoustic music
events, but also partly because there are dedicated people/venues in the area
putting on top-class performers in these fields - and they take the trouble to
send me information. (The 'other musics' will generally have shorter entries and
fewer repeats.)
My preferred length for entries is 50-75 words, 100 words max. This length
restriction, combined with a 'selection of events only', means that the overall
length of each e-circular does not become excessive (and unduly
sleep-inducing!). The full open-ended Diary is always available on
www.harbertonfolk.co.uk.
If you're submitting stuff to me for inclusion, why not give a web link to
online music samples? Most performers have them these days. And there's then a
chance the reader will take a listen, perhaps like what they hear, and maybe
even come to a gig they wouldn't have otherwise considered!
I don't include information about regular informal pub folk sessions or folk
(social) dance club material - these areas are well covered by
www.flaxey-green.co.uk
and www.devonfolk.co.uk.
- but I will list details of new sessions, for example.
The general distance qualifier has always been 'within 30 miles as the crow
flies from Totnes' (covers a surprisingly wide range), although this does get
stretched a little sometimes for items of potential wider South-West interest.
The e-circulars are sent to approx. 1400 folk-specific contacts (no telling of
course how many fail to arrive for whatever reason, although I do my best to
maintain the email list - several repeated rejections from the same address will
result in that address being deleted) The great majority of those contacts
are within the above coverage area.
And please don't be offended if I occasionally forget - or even refuse - to
include an item.
Keep enjoying the live music! - John Culf
An 'interesting' email problem
Those of you who read my recent notes about the various problems I experience
when sending these e-circulars may be interested/amused to see a (new) rejection
message received from a recipient at a local educational establishment. I have
highlighted the offending word in bold/red and added spaces so it's not rejected
again. This word appeared in the item about Hayseed Dixie:
Microsoft Antigen for Exchange found a message matching a filter. The message is
currently Identified.
Message: "hf21_30 080226"
Filter name: "KEYWORD= racial discrimination: h i l l b
i l l y"
Sent from: "John Culf"
A Virus Warning
- but please do read this, unlike the usual hoaxes that circulate
which are simply designed to clog up the email airwaves:
"There is a dangerous virus being passed around electronically, orally, and by
hand. This virus is called Weary-Overload-Recreational-Killer (WORK). If you
receive WORK from any of your colleagues, your boss, or anyone else via any
means DO NOT TOUCH IT. This virus will wipe out your private life completely. If
you should come into contact with WORK, put your jacket on and take two good
friends to the nearest grocery store. Purchase the antidote known as
Work-Isolating-Neutralizer-Extract (WINE) or Bothersome-Employer-Elimination-Rebooter
(BEER). Take the antidote repeatedly until WORK has been completely eliminated
from your system. You should forward this warning to 5 friends. If you do not
have 5 friends, you have already been infected."
'Virus' warnings - Chain emails (e.g. petrol prices) - Please avoid them
With 1400+ email contacts, if there's junk going around I usually see quite a
few examples of it. If you receive a chain email, such as those that warn of a
terrible virus circulating which will destroy your hard disk, do please take a
moment to check before forwarding it to your entire address book. Pick out a
couple of salient words and put them into Google, e.g. "olympic torch
email", and you'll soon see that they are invariably hoaxes, simply designed to
further clog up email servers across the globe. And whilst possibly originally
well intentioned, the petrol price emails doing the rounds have
essentially been around since 1999 - see
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/bl_gas_boycott_2006.htm and read the
analysis/comments.
Other interesting local music links
Plymouth Classical Music Concert Diary
www.plyclassical.co.uk
- Comprehensive month-by-month listings of all types of classical music in and
around Plymouth, plus some jazz and folk, including Harberton Folk's events.
Plymouth Music Accord
www.plymouthmusicaccord.co.uk - Registered Charity promoting the
appreciation and performance of music in the Plymouth area. Members include
local orchestras, bands, choirs, opera groups, etc. and many promoters and
venues, and
Plymouth Folk Festival (who have a brand new, smart website).
'Off topic' but we'll mention a
couple of other local live music sources for different genres:
Totnes Early Music Society
www.totnesearlymusic.org.uk - fairly self-explanatory
Folk News for Cornwall
I'm sometimes asked if there is any equivalent of the Harberton Folk
e-circulars (which essentially cover southern Devon) for Cornwall. I'm not aware of anything
myself, but would be happy to pass on any new information supplied to me.
The quarterly Folk News Kernow covering the county can be viewed/downloaded at
www.dreamersfolk.co.uk/folknews%20kernow.html.
Bodmin Folk Club's website has numerous links, at
www.bodminfolk.co.uk.
More Folks News for (North) Devon
www.shammickacoustic.org.uk -
Shammick Acoustic, North Devon folk information
www.flaxey-green.co.uk - Covers much
of Devon: folk events, song/dance clubs, sessions, ceilidhs and much more
Folk news slightly further afield:
North Devon/West Somerset music listings
Website listings of regular and special music events for the next couple of months
for this area can be found at
www.shammickacoustic.org.uk (then click on 'Local Events').
Somerset & Dorset (SADFOLK) folk events - Regular email updates
A regular and
comprehensive emailed listing is available through
www.sadfolk.co.uk
(Somerset and Dorset folk, Steve Cunio) for folk events in venues large and small in those two
counties, some of which are not too far away from the Harberton Folk area.
Folk in Cornwall
What it says on the tin -
www.folkincornwall.co.uk - clubs, sessions, events...
Acoustic Calendar - Sign up for email updates at
www.sanchobramble.weebly.com
Tony Watts' monthly calendar of folk clubs, singarounds, acoustic sessions &
open mics in the South West. "The Acoustic Calendar is all about DIY music (NOT
concerts, gigs, ceilidhs etc). The purpose of the Calendar is to keep you
informed of all the places where you can take your voice and/or instrument and
join in or do your own thing."
...and not forgetting
www.flaxey-green.co.uk (and
www.devonfolk.co.uk) for further detailed Devon listings, including many
regular pub sessions, folk dance clubs and much more.